Luanne's New Website

Welcome to Luanne's new online home. A creative team of talented writers, artists, photographers and film makers have worked together with Luanne to make this happen. Luanne herself  has created pieces exclusively for this new website and she will continue to add work that you will not find anywhere else. This is also a great place to keep up to date with Luanne's published work and new books, as well as posting old articles that could only be found in print. Don't forget to add the site to your RSS feed, or simply add your email to Luanne's letter list in the form at the right.

If you'd like to find out more about Luanne you can browse her section, there's also the full collection of her books and we will be adding a gallery of Luanne's personal images and work from her friends.

Enjoy the site!

News from Luanne

Sandcastles is out in trade paperback! I love the new cover, which shows me running down the beach late for a swim with mermaids.  This novel came from deep inside.  It's about three sisters with artist parents, a devastating family secret, a dreamlike convent school on the edge of the sea, and love: within the family, among the sisters, first-kiss beach boy love, and, my favorite, the love of a nun for her longterm friend and groundskeeper.  The Thorn Birds on the Connecticut Shoreline!

Other news:

I’d like to introduce you to Madeleine Arrigan, librarian and archivist. Madeleine spends most of her time in our library high in the turret, reshelving books, repairing bindings of the much-loved and much-read ones, occasionally losing herself in a book she can’t put down. She does story hour for kids of all ages—without notice, whenever the mood strikes her.

She loves connecting with readers, so you’ll be encountering Madeleine here quite often. Also, she has started a Luanne Rice fan page on Facebook. After you friend me, please “like” the fan page and you will be eligible to win contests designed by Madeleine for book-lovers like you.

And of course, knowing Madeleine, she may present impromptu story hours. That would be so like her.